Thread by @GREENESJ333

Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "IT OCCURS TO ME THAT PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUENESS OF THE US CONSTITUTION
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Every nation, with the exception of a very few, today has a Constitution, usually a set of rules that defines the nation and establishes its legal structure, and some of them also list the rights the Constitution grants to the nation's citizens.
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But the US Constitution is a bit different and what makes it different is the 10 Amendments generally referred to as the "Bill of Rights"

Because this "Bill of Rights" is not a list of rights granted by the powers that be that composed the constitution.
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The Bill of Rights is designed to be, according to its authors, a set of "individual rights that no government can abridge".
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In short, rights that are the property of each individual American citizen, not rights granted by the state, not rights that some government can take away.
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They are rights against the power of government, against the use of the power of government that any class or political philosophy or special interest can take away.
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And, the Constitution also establishes a Supreme Court and Court System. And this Court has a unique job. It is not to act as an arm of a party or even of the Government. It's purpose is to defend the Constitution, the procedures and the rights therein. Period.
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So, for example, in Nazi Germany and Communist Soviet Union, the Courts and the Lawyers acted as arms of the state, representing the state and its interests as defined by the regime first. Human rights were disposable.
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Some would like to see that happen in the USA, that judges on the Highest Courts make decisions based on political philosophy, on popular mood and fashion,
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While others rightly believe that an American Supreme Court should have judges that measure every issue by whether it furthers or limits the rights of the individual to live at peace and liberty.

Think about it."
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